Pei Zhiyuan raised his crossbow and hurriedly shot down the Yulin guards who were climbing up. Fortunately, the crossbow made by Shen Xu was quite powerful, and the siege ladder was narrow and difficult to dodge. Pei Zhiyuan fired eight arrows in a row, and anyone who was touched fell down.
For a moment, the Yulin guards on the four siege ladders had difficulty moving forward. In just two or three sentences, dozens of people on the siege ladders were killed or injured.
Yuan Shengjie cursed and asked the Yulin Guards who were responsible for cleaning up the bodies to stop their work and go up to the watchtower to catch people.
Hua Guoshi narrowed his eyes and ordered his guards to bring Song Lin out from the crowd. He threatened, "Young lady, your husband is still in our hands. If you don't want him to die, you'd better come down and surrender."
Shen Xu ignored him and paced by the railing of the watchtower. He sighed and continued, "Master State Master, I have said it before. My husband and I are just common people. The world is in chaos and war, and the people are in danger every day. If we die, we die.
But if the Xue family in the north defeats the royal army, the world will be overturned. At that time, in order to pacify the world, the Xue family will regard the nobles who still exist in the imperial city as criminals who help the tyrant. "
Song Lin was twisted by the arm and brought before Master Hua. He clenched his fists, his amber eyes scanning the guards surrounding Master Hua, and explained indifferently, "Master, those were her personal opinions. They have nothing to do with me. I don't want to die, and I still have my loyalty to you, Master."
Chen Xu shouted from the balcony, "Some people have just figured out how to navigate the officialdom, and after struggling to accumulate some wealth, they are now facing confiscation of property, exile, and execution.
Are you gentlemen willing to accept this?"
Seeing that Master Hua had a gloomy expression, Song Lin quickly explained, "She is a little clever, but also too arrogant. If she hadn't said she could make me rich and powerful, I wouldn't have come to the capital."
Shen Xu's arrogant voice was filled with a hint of pride, as if she didn't care at all about the Yulin Guards who had attacked the watchtower. She said sarcastically, "National Master, you don't think you still have a chance to be a stray dog, do you?"
Song Lin continued, "Whether she should die or not has nothing to do with me. Please, Master Imperial Master, don't punish me for the mistakes of others."
Hua Guoshi had a gloomy face, and his triangular green bean eyes glanced suspiciously at Song Lin's handsome face, and said in a deep voice: "You brought the person here."
Song Lin simply put the blame on Pei Zhiyuan and argued, "Pei Zhiyuan brought the person here."
Master Hua was already annoyed by the couple's actions, one playing the good cop and the other the bad cop. So he simply didn't bother to argue with Song Lin. He winked at the guards beside him and ordered, "Give him a hundred lashes first and see how the witch above reacts."
Before his guards could spear Song Lin, he changed his words and said, "Forget it, thirty lashes."
After that, he explained, "Young Master Song, I admire you very much, but that enchantress up there really angered me, so I have to make you suffer this thirty lashes."
Seeing his explanation like this, Song Lin showed an anxious expression and exclaimed quickly: "Master Imperial Master, if she cared about me, she would have come down to surrender long ago, and would not have allowed me to be whipped."
Master Hua didn't say anything more. He waved his hand and said, "Drag him away and beat him!"
Song Lin suddenly revealed a stern and cold expression, and said angrily: "Master Imperial Master is so unreasonable, I don't think there is any need for me to join you."
Before he finished speaking, he quickly turned his head and leaned over to avoid the blade at his neck, and quickly hit the heart of a guard beside him with a straight punch. Before the other person could react, he elbowed the man in the waist and knocked down the two people who were holding him.
Seeing this, the six guards protecting Master Hua quickly picked up their weapons and rushed forward. All six of them were top masters of the Forbidden City.
Song Lin didn't want to fight anymore and just ran away.
"Catch him quickly!" Master Hua shouted angrily. The six men hesitated for a moment, exchanged glances, and sent four of them to chase Song Lin, while the other two stayed to protect Master Hua.
He urged Yuan Shengjie, "Tell your men to be quick. Why would it take so long to capture a woman? Get Pei Zhiyuan down now. I will tear him into pieces!"
Yuan Shengjie was also keeping an eye on the movements on the watchtower, but the crossbow made by Shen Xu was too powerful. Even with four siege ladders and dozens of palace masters climbing up the ladders to attack the watchtower, they were completely helpless against the crossbow.
The Yulin Guards were mainly responsible for protecting the nobles in the imperial palace, so they naturally did not know how to use this kind of siege equipment. They only knew how to climb up and had no idea how to resist the rain of arrows.
"Idiot, carry the square shield!" Yuan Shengjie cursed anxiously, and ordered a team of Yulin Guards who were treating the wounded to break open the entrance door of the watchtower and attack from the inside.
The Yulin Guards then carried a square shield and slowly moved upwards, while the other team found tools and began to break down the door.
"Capture them alive. Don't kill them easily." Hua Guoshi saw that the attack on the sentry tower had achieved some success, so he gave the order with a cold face. After a while, he added, "Don't kill Young Master Song either."
Yuan Shengjie accepted the order and in order to solve the problem quickly, he also participated in the operation to attack the watchtower.
It was already past noon, the sun was scorching enough to burn people to a crisp, and the ground was so hot that there was nowhere to stand.
The bloodstains on the ground had dried up, turning into dark red spots. The strong smell of blood fermented in the high temperature, and the unpleasant smell filled the open space in front of Xuanhe Palace.
Master Hua and the little emperor could have returned to the palace to enjoy the cool comfort that nobles should enjoy, but at this moment, they had to personally watch the Yulin Guards go up and catch Shen Xu.
Master Hua sat in a temporary shed away from the corpses, with a handsome male servant beside him fanning him and massaging his legs.
There was iced honey water, cut fruits and exquisite pastries on the table near the chair. Ice cubes were emitting cold steam under the plate, and with the leisurely swaying fan, gusts of cool breeze blew on the face.
In the summer of your life, you can still feel comfortable even outdoors.
The reason he was reluctant to return to the cool Xuanhe Palace was that he was worried that the seductive woman would say some evil words to confuse the public again, and he had to keep an eye on her;
Secondly, he also wanted to catch the woman who had made him furious in the past few days as soon as possible, torture her, and ask her about the whereabouts of the Dzi beads to calm the panic of the people.
Furthermore, he could make a big deal out of it, eliminate some dissidents, and make his reputation known far and wide, so that people would be afraid to come and assassinate him.
Song Lin ran to the controlled crowd. He swiftly kicked down a Yulin guard who was in charge of guarding the crowd, grabbed a knife, and started fighting with the four masters who had caught up with him.
The Yulin Guards who were in charge of the crowd became agitated again and gathered around Song Lin.
Song Lin dodged left and right while speaking loudly to the controlled crowd, "Master Hua is treacherous. He wanted to kill me even though I wanted to surrender. You are being held captive in the scorching sun for just watching..."
"The Imperial Master clearly doesn't intend for us to leave Xuanhe Palace alive!"
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